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Offered with minimal comment (Original Post) cthulu2016 May 2012 OP
And right behind lawyers, the shock troops of private property kenny blankenship May 2012 #1
Boy is that a good point! cthulu2016 May 2012 #3
kicked with no comment quinnox May 2012 #2
kick. informative chart Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #4
Here's another chart: ProSense May 2012 #5
Percent changes is not really that informative is it? aikoaiko May 2012 #6
True. Less relative need cthulu2016 May 2012 #7
Actually, unemployment among lawyers rose during this recession Bake May 2012 #8
Yes. According to the chart by about 20% cthulu2016 May 2012 #9
If your neighbor loses his/her job, it's a recession ... Bake May 2012 #10
Why do some people have to insist some occupations are more valuable than others? treestar May 2012 #11

kenny blankenship

(15,689 posts)
1. And right behind lawyers, the shock troops of private property
Wed May 9, 2012, 01:13 PM
May 2012

"Protective services" - ie: police, jailers, closed circuit camera watchers, rent-a-cops. They follow the Panzers. Excuse me, the Panzers, Esquire.

aikoaiko

(34,127 posts)
6. Percent changes is not really that informative is it?
Wed May 9, 2012, 02:19 PM
May 2012

Its provides some context, but doesn't really address your point of whether or not we are a society with no need for planners or builders.

:Shrug:

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
7. True. Less relative need
Wed May 9, 2012, 02:23 PM
May 2012

And of course architects and engineers suffer first and most in a downturn because long-range plans are scrapped.

But percentage change does offer some information about the priorities and shape of the economy in a crisis.

And it offers a snapshot of directional change. For instance, lawyers were surely a bigger percentage of the workforce in 2010 than they were in 2007.

Bake

(21,977 posts)
8. Actually, unemployment among lawyers rose during this recession
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:07 PM
May 2012

When there are no deals being done, you don't need lawyers to draw up the papers. If you were a lawyer in NYC, e.g., you were lucky to hang on to your job.

Some of us didn't.

Bake, Esq.

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
9. Yes. According to the chart by about 20%
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:09 PM
May 2012

So if lawyer unemployment in 2007 was 5% then in 2010 it was 6%... or whatever the base number is.

Every sector lost. But lawyers lost the least.

But a loss is a loss, of course. Particularly if personal.

Bake

(21,977 posts)
10. If your neighbor loses his/her job, it's a recession ...
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:13 PM
May 2012

If you lose YOUR job, it's a Depression!

Bake

treestar

(82,383 posts)
11. Why do some people have to insist some occupations are more valuable than others?
Wed May 9, 2012, 04:13 PM
May 2012

What's wrong with being a lawyer or security guard?

Lawyers - means there is the rule of law - read about frontiers without lawyers, judges or courts

Security guards - more prosperity would mean more security guards, wouldn't it? If it was just the 1%, fewer security guards would be needed.

Nurses and doctors would be at the very top, not architects and engineers, in a utopia. Teachers would be up there too. Not architects.

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